Lenovo System x3550 M4 - Installing Drives

Toremovetheairbaffle,completethefollowingsteps:
Step1.Readthesafetyinformationthatbeginson“Safety”onpagevand“Installationguidelines”
onpage31.
Step2.Turnofftheserverandperipheraldevicesanddisconnectthepowercordsandallexternalcables
(see“Turningofftheserver”onpage21).
Step3.Removethecover(see“Removingthecover”onpage34).
Step4.Grasptheairbaffle,disengagepinsfrompinholes;then,lifttheairbaffleup.
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Figure21.Airbaffleremoval
Step5.Removetheairbafflefromtheserverandsetitaside.
Attention:Forpropercoolingandairflow,replacetheairbafflebeforeyouturnontheserver.
Operatingtheserverwiththeairbaffleremovedmightdamageservercomponents.
Installingdrives
Thefollowingnotesdescribethetypeofharddiskdrivesthattheserversupportsandotherinformationthat
youmustconsiderwhenyouinstallaharddiskdrive.
Foralistofsupportedharddiskdrives,seehttp://www.lenovo.com/us/en/serverproven/.
•Locatethedocumentationthatcomeswiththedriveandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditiontothe
instructionsinthischapter.
•Makesurethatyouhaveallthecablesandotherequipmentthatarespecifiedinthedocumentationthat
comeswiththedrive.
•Selectthebayinwhichyouwanttoinstallthedrive.
•Checktheinstructionsthatcomewiththedrivetodeterminewhetheryouhavetosetanyswitchesor
jumpersonthedrive.IfyouareinstallingaSASorSATAharddiskdrive,besuretosettheSASor
SATAIDforthatdevice.
•Thehot-swapservermodelssupportuptoeight2.5-inchorthree3.5-inchhot-swapSASorSATA
harddiskdrives.
•Thesimple-swapservermodelssupportuptothree3.5-inchsimple-swapSATAharddiskdrives.
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